English words starting with ja - page 1

Meanings of Jacinthe:

noun

A reddish-orange gem variety of zircon.

Usage examples:

Jacinth is a crystal, bright, purple gemstone. it is called gomed in urdu. pure jacinth contains a …

Meanings of Jacinths:

noun

A reddish-orange gem variety of zircon.

Usage examples:

Jacinth is a crystal, bright, purple gemstone. it is called gomed in urdu. pure jacinth contains a …

Meanings of Jack:

noun

A device for lifting heavy objects, especially one for raising the axle of a motor vehicle off the ground so that a wheel can be changed or the underside inspected.

Usage examples:

Finally, lower the jack so the wheel is back down on the road.

verb

Take (something) illicitly; steal.

Usage examples:

What's wrong is to jack somebody's lyrics and not acknowledge the fact

adjective

Tired of or bored with someone or something.

Usage examples:

People are getting jack of strikes

Meanings of Jack of all trades:

phrase

A person who can do many different types of work.

Usage examples:

We are always conscious of the fact that a company that sells itself to several different industry …

noun

Someone who can do many different jobs

Usage examples:

An artist with the right technology can become a jack-of-all-trades.

Meanings of Jack up:

phrasal verb

Raise something, especially a vehicle, with a jack.

Usage examples:

Jack the car up until the wheel can spin freely

Meanings of Jack-around:

phrasal verb

Cause someone inconvenience or problems, especially by acting unfairly or indecisively.

Usage examples:

Stop jacking me around and answer my questions

Meanings of Jack-frost:

noun

Very cold weather, when it is thought of as a person

Meanings of Jack-in:

phrasal verb

Give up or stop doing something, especially a job.

Usage examples:

He jacked in his office job

noun

A toy consisting of a box from which a model of a person suddenly appears when the top of the box is raised

Meanings of Jack-off:

phrasal verb

To masturbate

Meanings of Jackal:

noun

A slender long-legged wild dog that feeds on carrion, game, and fruit and often hunts cooperatively, found in africa and southern asia.

Usage examples:

There are 36 species of canidae, including dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals and foxes.

Meanings of Jackals:

noun

A slender long-legged wild dog that feeds on carrion, game, and fruit and often hunts cooperatively, found in africa and southern asia.

Usage examples:

There are 36 species of canidae, including dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals and foxes.

Meanings of Jackanapes:

noun

A cheeky or impertinent person.

Usage examples:

I was at school with a bruno, and as the grinning jackanapes sat at his piano and segued effortless…

Meanings of Jackaroo:

noun

A young man working on a sheep or cattle station to gain experience.

Usage examples:

It's some years since i was last here, when i was sent to work as a teenage jackaroo on a 36,000-ac…

verb

Work as a jackeroo.

Usage examples:

The youth is sent to a farm to learn jackarooing, for which he has no aptitude, sleeping in the she…

Meanings of Jackarooed:

verb

Work as a jackeroo.

Meanings of Jackarooing:

verb

Work as a jackeroo.

Meanings of Jackaroos:

noun

A young man working on a sheep or cattle station to gain experience.

Usage examples:

It's some years since i was last here, when i was sent to work as a teenage jackaroo on a 36,000-ac…

verb

Work as a jackeroo.

Usage examples:

The youth is sent to a farm to learn jackarooing, for which he has no aptitude, sleeping in the she…

Meanings of Jackass:

noun

A stupid person.

Usage examples:

First, you had every right to break up with me because i was a complete jackass and a moron and you…

Meanings of Jackassery:

noun

Foolishness or stupidity.

Usage examples:

He used to entertain the audience with general jackassery

Meanings of Jackasses:

noun

A stupid person.

Usage examples:

First, you had every right to break up with me because i was a complete jackass and a moron and you…

Meanings of Jackassification:

noun

The action or process of becoming or being made into a jackass or fool; the state or fact of being or becoming a jackass or fool.

Meanings of Jackassism:

noun

Action or behaviour characteristic of a jackass or fool; foolishness, stupidity.

Meanings of Jackassness:

noun

The quality or fact of being a jackass or fool; foolishness, stupidity.

Meanings of Jackboot:

noun

A large leather military boot reaching to the knee.

Usage examples:

After dinner, roger appeared in military fatigues, complete with hat, sunglasses, jackboots, and sw…

Meanings of Jackbooted:

adjective

Wearing jackboots (= long leather boots as worn by soldiers or police who are thought of as violent or cruel)

Usage examples:

A jackbooted thug, jackbooted guards marched them off to camps.

Meanings of Jackboots:

noun

A large leather military boot reaching to the knee.

Usage examples:

After dinner, roger appeared in military fatigues, complete with hat, sunglasses, jackboots, and sw…